Chicago, and a few other random pictures

I know I am very behind in my blogging but hopefully the fact that this posting is very PICTURE HEAVY will make up for it!! We went to Chicago on Thursday night and came home Saturday for a quick little trip - here are some of the pictures from our fun!!!

Here the boys are right after we got there while we were waiting on the bellman to bring our cart and get us settled in our room.

We were not even in the room for five minutes before they found and were playing with the phone!!

They love looking out the window at the city below...

When the cribs came they discovered they were on wheels and so they could push them around where ever they wanted to - they had quite a bit of fun with that!!

After a good nights sleep we went out of the town Friday morning. Here we are getting ready to cross the river and head down the Magnificent Mile!!

By the time we made it to WaterTower the boys were zonked out!!!

They woke up just in time for pizza at Ginos - YUMMMMMMMMMMY!!!!

The food is GREAT but it does take about an hour to cook so we had to try to keep the boys entertained for an hour - they did really good...

Of course they loved having the phone....

Then the food finally came - MMMMMMMMMMM

Then we went back to the room for a little while to rest but then the boys were ready to go out and explore some more!!

We went to Navy Pier on Friday night and enjoyed a walk on the pier and looking out at the water.

Isn't the moon pretty reflecting off the water...

We packed up on Saturday morning and took our classic "good-bye" self portrait... I was having some issues getting my camera on the right setting for the light behind us and the boys were just about OVER it so we settled for a picture a little overexposed so they did not go into meltdown :)

Then we went and got some breakfast - we had to wait for that too...not sure how much they appreciated the boys picking and giving us flowers but it was sweet.


After breakfast we headed off to the outlet mall - needless to say the boys are not really shy to roam around and explore anywhere....

Here are some cute shots from the week...the boys are used to getting a snack when we get home from the babysitter while we wait for daddy to come home. They head right over to the pantry and when I open the door they usually grab what they want - even if the container is almost as big as they are!!!



Here they are having a blast with grandpa as they play with the jack in the box!! They love this thing but can't quite do it on their own yet!!!

Sunday & Monday

Our walks now sometimes require that we wear warmer clothes - here we are on Sunday in our jeans!!

We took Grandma out for her birthday on Monday - Happy Birthday Grandma - here is Baylee with the birthday girl!!

Great-grandma is also in town right now so she got some time to love on the boys too!! she hadn't seen them since Christmas and boy have they changed since then!!!

Just some fun pics

I can't get enough of taking pictures of these cute little faces!!!!

Will you look at all those teeth!! There are more on top you can't see - they have a total of 13 in all right now - with active teething going on in both of them this weekend!!

Just having some fun during meal time!!

No yogurt mask tonight but how about a little pineapple juice in the hair....

Tonight we had some more fun with bubbles!!!

10 Months - a very special day!!

I couldn't resist to post about what a special day today is. Our beautiful boys were placed in our arms 10 months ago today!! Can't believe how fast the time has gone and can't believe how much our lives have changed. Today will start the days of time that the boys have been with us longer than they were at Go Vap orphanage. These boys have been such an amazing blessing to us and I am thankful each day for the work God did to put us together as a family!!!

Off to the races..

There was some serious racing going on at our house on Saturday night - I know it appears from the pictures that they never really moved but they were going back and forth for a while!!

Here is an "action shot" for the race"

HMMMM seems like there might be something wrong with your car buddy - let me come look

Yep - looks like it needs a tune up....

Or maybe just a new driver

More racing, just switched racing machines....

Rylee finally lost interest in the race, and what was on TV - time to change the channel.

It is a little early to tell but it looks like we might have a lefty (Baylee) and a righty (Rylee) on our hands based on what they do with their utensils and when they color or draw. I know that you are considered ambidextrous if you can use either hand but I am not sure what this is called...

Fair!!

The boys got to experience their first State Fair last night. At first I think it was a little overwhelming for them to take in all the people, and noise, etc but by the end of the evening they were having fun. By the time we got around to the kiddy area it was shut down for the night so we will have to make it a point of going to that part first next year!! They did get their first elephant ear...they also had grilled cheese and milkshake!!

After a while they warmed up and were smiling and laughing!!

Then they got to close the evening by listening to a concert and do some dancing and clapping!!

All in all we had a good time - most of the animals were gone but they did mooooo at the cow that was there!!